Suicide Attackers Storm Afghanistan Police Station

Updated at 5:10 am, December 16th, 2011

MASSOUD HOSSAINI/AFP/Getty Images(KABUL, Afghanistan) — Several suicide attackers stormed a police station in district five of Kabul City on Friday, and a gun battle between the attackers and Afghan security forces immediately followed.

The gunmen escaped after the battle.

The police station is located on the outskirts of Kabul on a main highway linking Kabul to Kandahar.

The Kabul police chief has confirmed the incident but little is known about those who may have been injured or killed.